Portage Times

There were 1,421 fourth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Leighton Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 223 students.

Within Portage County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Portage County ranked 20th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 18,933 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 20th the year before.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	# of 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	223	32.6	684
West Main Elementary School	157	48.9	321
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	146	49.8	293
Crestwood Intermediate School	112	35	320
James A. Garfield Elementary School	100	15.4	651
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	97	28.7	338
Rootstown Elementary School	84	19	441
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	78	7.8	995
Brimfield Elementary School	76	14.5	525
Waterloo Elementary School	59	14.4	411
Walls Elementary School	58	15.8	367
Davey Elementary School	51	11.2	454
Suffield Elementary School	49	12.5	393
Holden Elementary School	48	20.1	239
Longcoy Elementary School	43	15.9	270
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	40	17.8	225
Streetsboro Elementary School	0	0	604
Crestwood Primary School	0	0	422
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	400
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	316
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	327
Miller Elementary School	0	0	283
West Park Elementary School	0	0	136
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,042
Stanton Middle School	0	0	654
Brown Middle School	0	0	502
Ravenna High School	0	0	552
Windham High School	0	0	105
Windham Junior High School	0	0	132
Aurora High School	0	0	941
Harmon Middle School	0	0	697
Crestwood High School	0	0	609
Field High School	0	0	528
Field Middle School	0	0	446
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	361
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	210
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	315
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	220
Southeast High School	0	0	374
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	349
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	461
Streetsboro High School	0	0	592
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	177
Waterloo High School	0	0	220